re: NOLA Judge removes drilling ban

Maybe, I say maybe, we can build an electric car on batteries with performance that will satisfy most Americans. Building and powering the batteries for 100 million Americans is another issue.

But it is not likely we can build an alternative fuel engine to power an 18 wheeler, jet, or the train.

And what do you think will happen to our economy is gasoline goes to $6 per gallon. What do you think will happen you retirement account or our government's tax collections?

It's a bad scenario any way you look at it.

Commandeaux is flaming the board. Please ignore.

Judge Feldman apparently divested himself of whatever interest he ahd in Transocean back in 2008. He's only required to recuse himself if he owns one share of stock in any of the companies that appeared before him. I have no doubt he would have done that if he did own any stock -- he's been there long enough to know that.

Specifically Judge Feldman concluded that the action of the MMS in imposing the moratorium on deep water drilling as being "arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion." Judge Feldman reviewed the report of the Secretary of Interior ordered by the administration. The judge noted that a statement in the report that the moratorium was recommended by experts was "factually incorrect" and he states later that the report is "incident-specific and driven: Deepwater Horizon and BP only. None others. While the Report notes the increases in deepwater drilling over the past ten years and the increased safety risk associated with deepwater drilling, the parameters of "deepwater" remain confused. And drilling elsewhere simply seems driven by political or social agendas on all sides." After discussing specific arguments made pertaining to specific tests or studies, the judge states "If some drilling equipment parts are flawed, it is rational to say all are? Are all airplanes a danger because one was? All oil tankers like Exxon Valdez? All trains? All mines? That sort of thinking seems heavy-handed, and rather overbearing."

We'll see what the 5th Circuit does with it.

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I'm getting the impression from this thread that having an oil job is a right. An oil job is no different from any other job. If you lose it, either sit on your arse or go get another job. Don't give me this shite about these oil jobs are crucial to Louisiana's economy. Tell that shite to Michigan when the auto industry left for Mexico.

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Where do you suggest these oil field workers go find another job? I think it is a huge misconception that the moritorium only effects south La. Being from central La, I have many family members that have made their livings in the gulf. There is very little industry to fall back on here, especially for men that have never worked anywhere else but in the gulf. I can't help but wonder if Mr Obama would have been so quick with his moritorium had the oil field been unionized?

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To the people talking about switching to electric cars...where do you suppose all the extra energy we'll need to power them is going to come from (

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Or what they will be made from.

Any lawyers here with thoughts on how long this next appeal by "the administration" will take?

And for those discussing electric vehicles and the like, think that John Deere will be coming out with anything like that anytime soon in the area of let's say tractors and combines???? (/saracasm)

eta: sorry for the snippiness ... it's late and all of this shite is REALLY starting to piss me off.

If these jackasses were really serious about clean energy they would move things more toward natural gas. It's nothing more than a shell game at this point to reward their buddies and keep up appearances to the eco nuts.

Is this the first shot in LA leaving the Union? We are always ranked last in things, why not be ranked first in saying we have enough of this government BS and the people running the government and get the hell out before it is too late!!

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The notion that South Louisiana is gonna be hurt from this moratorium is complete bullshite. This moratorium will only affect 30 out of more than 3000 platforms in the gulf. So the workers on these 30 deepwater platforms have a choice:

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You dont know what the frick you are talking about so stop posting on this board.

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The notion that South Louisiana is gonna be hurt from this moratorium is complete bullshite. This moratorium will only affect 30 out of more than 3000 platforms in the gulf. So the workers on these 30 deepwater platforms have a choice: (1) the can be transfered to one of the more than 3000 other platforms still operating in the gulf, (2) collect their salary from the $100 million fund BP set up for laid off oil workers, (3) get work doing cleanup, (4) move or find oil work in another part of the country or overseas, or (5) find another job.

Now that's a lot of options for someone without a job. More than I had when I was laid off. This moratorium will only be six months while we figure out first of all, how to stop a leak. We want to start drilling again in deep waters and we haven't even stopped the leak from the last disaster. How arse-backwards is this. So those are a lot of options for six months while we figure things out.

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You're a fricking idiot

Commando, son, just move along.......you are so off base it is scary.

You're quickly going from fricking stupid to straight-up delusional.